R＆D Tax Credits - Publications - Faculty & Research

24 Mar 2008
Research & Ideas

Reducing Risk with Online Advertising

fraud than other kinds of advertising. An advertiser might think: "Faking that a person paid money is very hard. You need a credit card, and if I'm getting the order, how bad can it be?" In fact, fraud is not impossible. Maybe... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Video Game; Web Services

08 Oct 2012
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The Immigrants Who Built America’s Financial System

or those of other states. The national government, which had borrowed huge sums from foreign creditors to fight the long War of Independence, lacked the power to tax its citizens and repay its debts. “It was something of a miracle that... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Financial Services; Banking

14 May 2013
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First Look: May 14

Gap? Government Subsidized Lending and Access to Capital By: Lerner, Josh, and Kristle Romero-Cortes Abstract—The consequences of providing public funds to financial institutions remain controversial. We examine the Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI)... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

20 Sep 2011
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First Look: September 20

and a little understood provision in the federal tax code that is implemented at the state level, the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC). The relationship is complex... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

08 Jun 2010
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First Look: June 8

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-101.pdf Corporate Governance and Internal Capital Markets Authors:Zacharias Sautner and Belén Villalonga Abstract We exploit an exogenous shock to corporate ownership structures created by a recent tax... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

18 Dec 2012
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First Look: December 18

pivotal role in the industry during the 1970s by selling Iranian oil to Israel and South Africa. The case provides a means to explore the rationale and advantages of giant commodity traders, as well as enabling students to debate corporate use of View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

08 Mar 2016
Research & Ideas

Solving an Economic Mystery Surrounding Argentina and Chile

cent in Argentina. Chile retains the highest credit rating in Latin America, based on the low 20 per cent ratio of public debt to GDP. In Argentina that ratio is 45 per cent. There remains also a solid institutional foundation for... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

03 Jan 2017
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January 3, 2017

these issues. Firms devote more external capital to finance their share repurchases than to avoid regular dividend cuts. Debt is the main source of capital used to externally finance payouts, particularly when credit market conditions are... View Details